Cardiac (More at Heart Center)
McKenzie-Willamette Cardiac and Neuro Diagnostics is staffed 7 days a week, 24 hour per day.
Cardiologists and Neurologists provide interpretation of testing and procedures. Our Cardiologists are available for immediate interpretations when indicated or requested.
Cardiologist Jay Chappell, M.D.
Our physicians and professional medical staff serve inpatients and outpatients of all ages for physicians-ordered tests. Non-emergency studies are scheduled between 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, with inhouse staffing 24/7 for emergency testing. Our cardiac testing is provided by Registered Echo Sonographers and Certified Cardiovascular Technicians.
- Electrocardiograms (EKGs)
- 24/48-Hour Holter Monitors
- Event Monitors
- Echocardiograms with and without transcranial Dappler/Bubble Studies
- 2D/3D Trans-esophageal Echocardiograms
- Stress Echocardiograms
- Nuclear Medicine Stress Electrocardiograms
- Implanting Pacemakers
- Bio Impedance
Neurology
- Evoked potentials
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Ambulatory EEG
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
This test allows for monitoring of blood pressure during normal activities of daily living. It provides the ability to see what happens to blood pressure at all times, not just during the doctor's appointment.
Electrocardiograms, Holter monitors and event monitors measure the electrical activity in the heart (the body's way of making the heart muscle pump blood). Echocardiograms show video recordings of the heart muscle, valves and vessels as the heart beats. Heart muscle contraction, blood flow and valve function are observed and assessed. Nuclear Medicine Stress EKGs display electrical rhythms of the heart and blood flow through the coronary vessels.